Engineering 4 Kids - IGEW 2015 notes

I overheard a girl saying to her friends, "This was the best day ever!!"
Today was a great day! Thank you for all of your hard work putting together such a rewarding experience for our youth. My girls were worn out from all of their learning and fun!
My daughter was busy making plans for next year as we crossed the parking lot to our vehicle! It was wonderful to have young girls that I mentor mingle with new faces and begin forming friendships through the like-minded experience of IGEW.

Thank you SO MUCH for having this workshop! This was my daughter, Charis', first time. She loved it and we journaled everything when she got home! She didn't understand what the survey was asking, so answered nothing for several of them, and I explained what it meant and she said she definitely learned tons in each workshop. Your investment in the future of our girls and our country is priceless. Thank you again, and we look forward to next year and any other opportunities you may have in the future! As homeschoolers, we do not have access to things like this in the schools, and my sons would love to do things like this as well. We are so glad you have this, though! My younger daughter can't wait until it's her turn (she is six).

Overall event - March 28, 2015

Prep, volunteers, training, set up

finalize date, school contacts
notification IGEW girls, volunteers, schools, other organizations
registration for girls - no-shows, waivers, scheduling, cut-off date
volunteer registration - lists - by name, module, lunch selection / count, t-shirt size / count
module leaders - notification, materials, training, module bin pick-up - procedure, support, resources
module documentation - google doc / zip for organizers/archive only - send word/pdf doc only to module leaders
volunteers - reminders - previous year, pre-event
volunteers t-shirts - order fewer, use inventory in storage, some volunteers will wear from previous events
volunteer badges, day schedule
scheduling : tracks - registration, popularity
food - order count +, pick-up, extras go to bus
banners
modules - leaders, helpers, instructions, materials, evaluation cards, room assignment
girls - t-shirts, bags/stuff, badges, schedule - some really small girls, many large sizes left over
location information - lots of confusion - which HTEA? (there are 2 + church in Orlando), entrance / sign on Pineda Causeway

IGEW - March 28, 2015

Wrap up, review

module evaluations
modules - receipts, inventories
volunteer evaluations
clean-up, room restoration, teacher gifts
after party
module bin return - coordinate / module leader responsibility, options
students - FIT - sheet with names (5?), ERAU (5), Team Pink (5?), high school - 2 vt signed community service records

Modules / tracks - yellow, orange, green

Track 1 - girls

Alkaseltzer Rockets -
Bounce into Polymer Science - needs hot water to dissolve Borax - microwave in kitchen
Bridges - kits - craft sticks * pre-drilled prep required
Design a Dessert -
Space Ninjas: Spy Satellites -

Track 2 - girls

Track 3 - girls

Bungee Egg Jump -
Chocolate Asphalt -
Gears - Harris kits
Steady Hands - kits ordered from SWE - each girl gets board, share screw drivers & give away
Tie Dye and Forensics